शिडी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi सिडी (siḍī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀺 (siḍḍhi), from Sanskrit *श्रीढि (śrīḍhi), from the ancestor of the root Sanskrit श्रिष् (śriṣ), श्लिष् (śliṣ). Compare Hindi सीढ़ी (sīṛhī), Bengali সিঁড়ি (śĩṛi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕi.ɖi/, [ɕi.ɖiː]

Noun

शिडी • (śiḍī) f

1. ladder
2. staircase

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “शिडी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शिडी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “शिडी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrīḍhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press